Enrolment for Continuing Students
Enrolment for students continuing their studies
Before You Enrol
- Find out when to enrol - view the enrolment timetable
- When you receive enrolment emails do not ignore them.
- Enrol on the next level or year of your studies or if you are making corrections to your dissertation/thesis or awaiting an award you still need to enrol every year.
- Sort out your tuition fee funding
- Make your application for a UK student finance loan to Student Finance England, Wales or Northern Ireland (the Student Loans Company). If you have a loan from the Student Loans Company, your fees will be paid by your tuition fee loan/grant and your maintenance loan will be paid within five working days of your payment schedule.
- If you have sponsorship from your employer, trust, council or embassy send us a Confirmation of Sponsorship form or a letter from your sponsor to studentfinance@swansea.ac.uk
- Otherwise please make your own arrangements to pay when you enrol online by card or pay later by direct debit or to pay in advance Login at My account click Intranet and Financial Transactions
- Staff tuition fee bursary
- Every year before enrolling send us your Staff Bursary Application form available from the HR policies and procedures staff web page under section Employment and Contractual Arrangements.
- If your bursary does not pay 100% of your tuition fee when you enrol online you will need to pay the balance by card or set up a direct debit
- Visa right to study check
- Check your visa has not expired and covers the duration of your course. If you need to extend your visa contact our International Campus Life office as soon as possible.
- Before enrolling online complete a right to study check by registering your passport and visa in person. Otherwise, if you are studying from abroad email a copy of your passport to studentcompliance@swansea.ac.uk and they will contact you about the next steps.
- Paying your bills
- If you rely on a bursary, scholarship, grant or loan to pay your bills, please note the first payment is made after you enrol and the start of term and may not be in your bank account by the 1st day of the month. To avoid going overdrawn, we advise direct debits/making regular payments after the 7th day of the month.
- If you have not received a University maintenance payment (stipend) you were expecting, please contact the Finance Payments section.
When should I arrive?
You should plan to arrive and have somewhere to live within commutable distance of Swansea before your campus based teaching and supervision starts.
Check the enrolment timetable for dates to enrol and start engaging in your studies. To keep your student record active while you are studying, writing up or waiting to receive an award you must enrol.
If your arrival is delayed and if you cannot attend inform your student support team immediately.
Right to study, student declaration, personal data, modules, fees and funding
To enrol on your course Login to My account click on the Intranet app and Start Enrolment link to complete each step.
International and Non-UK/Irish right to study
Non-UK/Irish and settled status students need to register right to study documents in person, normally your passport and immigration documents/eVisa, before completing the online enrolment steps below.
If you are on a placement abroad, pursuing a course wholly taught abroad or enrolling on a distance learning course, please email a copy of the passport page with your photo making sure you include your student number to studentcompliance@swansea.ac.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
When Student Compliance services verify your non-UK or non-Irish documents the right to study tab will be "ticked" to indicate this step has been completed.
UK and Irish right to study
If you have not registered right to study documents before then the first step of online enrolment is to upload your UK or Irish passport or three alternative UK identity documents (birth certificate, NI letter, Photo ID).
When the Student Records Office verify your UK or Irish documents the right to study tab will be "ticked" to indicate this step has been completed.
Student declaration
Consent to share data for services and agree to:
- Be a student at Swansea University for the academic year, or part of the academic year
- Abide by the University's academic guide regulations and student charter
- The data protection statement and consent to share other data
- Pay fees (or have sponsorship or a student finance loan to pay on your behalf) by the payment deadlines
- Declare any criminal convictions
Personal data
Verify and update personal data, your home address and equality and diversity details. Provide your UK term time address and postcode, otherwise provide your study abroad term address.
Modules
Check and select online the modules you will be studying (where applicable).
Tuition fees
If you have a have a tuition fee student loan, university bursary, scholarship or other sponsorship to pay 100% of your tuition fee on your behalf then you will not need to make a payment to enrol.
If you have other sponsorship, for example a health trust, employer or embassy is paying towards your fees you can send a Confirmation of Sponsorship form or sponsor letter by email to studentfinance@swansea.ac.uk and we will email you when the details are recorded and you can complete this step.
Self-funding students in the fee payment step of online enrolment can pay by card securely or set up a direct debit to pay UK home fees or to make international payments you can use convera.
Access and maintenance payments
To access online digital content and attend teaching you will need to have completed your right to study registration, signed the student declaration and selected modules.
When you are enrolled your UK Student Finance maintenance loan will be paid on the first day of your course. If you enrol after your course start date you will be paid 3-5 working days after you enrol.
University scholarships/stipend maintenance payments will start after you complete enrolment and the course start date.
Need help?
For payment queries browse How To Pay Fees
For enrolment queries contact MyUniHub
International and Non UK/Irish - Right to Study Registration and BRP card collection
It is important to register in person** your international (non UK/Irish) passport and right to study immigration documents or eVisa share code as soon as possible after your arrival with our Student Compliance Services:
**If you are on a placement abroad, pursuing a course wholly taught abroad or enrolling on a distance learning course, please email a copy of the passport page with your photo to Student Compliance Services, who will advise you on the next steps.
When your documents have been registered you can then complete the other steps of enrolment online.
Immigration documents
You will be required to bring your passport and supporting documentation to evidence your immigration status in the UK. These documents will vary depending on your personal situation, but some of the most common documents are listed below:
Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)
If you need to collect a BRP when you arrive in the UK, you will have received a letter detailing where to collect it when you received your visa decision. Please see the section on Biometric Residence Permit card collection below for further details. If you already have your BRP, please bring this to your Right to Study registration together with your passport.
Electronic immigration status
Some students (for example EU/EEA nationals) will not receive a BRP but will instead receive a digital immigration status (eVisa). If you have been issued an eVisa, you will find confirmation of this on your visa decision letter. You will be able to generate a ‘share code’ that the University will be able to use to verify your immigration status online. To make your Right to Study registration as easy as possible, we would request that you generate your share code ahead of coming to see us for your Right to Study registration.
You can generate your share code on the UK Government website View and prove your immigration status - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). When prompted to give your reason for generating the share code, please select ‘other’ (NOT work or rent). Please bring your passport and share code to your Right to Study registration.
Study as a Visitor
If we issued you with a letter to apply for a Visitor visa, or advised that you apply for a Visitor visa, please bring your passport containing your Visitor visa stamp. If you entered via eGates and did not receive a stamp in your passport, please see the information below.
Entering the UK via eGates
Some students are not required to see an immigration officer and receive a stamp in their passport and are instead permitted to enter the UK via eGates. If you enter the UK via eGates, we will still need to evidence when you arrive in the UK, so please bring your passport and proof of your entry (boarding pass / copy of your flight details) with you to Right to Study registration. Your proof of entry can be emails or scans if you do not have hard copies.
Student Route – Original Documents
If you have applied for a Student Route visa using a CAS issued by us, then we will also need to verify your original certificates that you used to apply for your visa, as listed on your CAS. Please bring your certificates with you to your right to study registration
Biometric Residence Permit card collection (BRP)
If you have applied for a new Student Route visa you will find information about where to collect your BRP on your visa decision letter. This will either be from Swansea University or from a local Post Office (if you did not request for it to be delivered to us). You will need to bring your BRP Collection letter and your passport to collect your BRP.
We strongly advise that you request your BRP is delivered to Swansea University and collect it when you attend your in-person right to study registration. Having your BRP sent to the University also enables us to help you should the card be delayed or missing.
Request delivery to Swansea University by entering our Alternative Collection Location (ACL) code on your visa application. The correct ACL code for your course will be on your CAS.
- The Swansea University ACL code for courses on Singleton Campus is 2HE544.
- The Swansea University ACL code for courses on Bay Campus is 2HE987.
If you do not enter this code, you will have to collect your BRP card from somewhere else and it can be difficult to get there by public transport.
Need help?
School Induction
Your school will contact you with specific arrangements about induction, modules, teaching and return dates.
Search your School and Arrivals web pages for induction and event details.
Undergraduate and taught postgraduate
- Check your teaching timetable and attend class at the start of term
- By the start of term you should have chosen your modules, normally 120 credits for full time study or 60 credits if you are part time. If you need to change your module selection, ask your department for advice before signing up for a module.
Research student
- Inform your supervisor that you have enrolled and confirm the next step of your work plan
- Please contact your supervisor to complete and sign off your monthly Research Management System (RMS) engagement and attendance event.
- To view your RMS supervisor meetings, engagement and attendance details login to your MyUni account and click on the e:Vision application
Start engaging in your studies
It is essential to enrol and start engaging in your studies.
For taught programmes, check My Timetable for details of when to attend lectures, swipe in at lecture theatres with your ID card and use Canvas and other online apps.
For research courses, regularly contact your supervisors so that every month they can "sign off" in the e:Vision Research Management app that you have engaged in research or preparations for your viva or on course to complete corrections.
If your arrival is delayed or you cannot engage in studies please contact your school Student Support Team.
Your data and Student Privacy Notice
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Your responsibilities
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Information we collect about you
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How we use your information
We collect information about you to record your personal details, academic progress, manage your access to University facilities and email or message you about events, academic assessment and services we think may be of interest to you as mentioned in the Student Charter.
Who receives your information
Where necessary, personal information will be shared internally across the University and externally with agencies and organisations in line with our statutory responsibilities and under current Data Protection legislation.
How long will your information be held
Swansea University will retain your personal information in line with the University Records Management Policy
Student privacy statement
For full details about your access rights, retention policy, data security, who we share data with and how to contact the University’s Data Protection Officer if you have any questions about our privacy policy, browse our Student Privacy Notice